For sure. I suppose the best april fool jokes are almost just about credible.
On 2 August 2013 16:42, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > point taken. but it was so close to a legit story that it was credible. > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Will Swain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262778/April-Fool-Did-fall-flying-rocketman-cable-laying-ferrets-Queen-flying-easyJet.htm > > < > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262778/April-Fool-Did-fall-flying-rocketman-cable-laying-ferrets-Queen-flying-easyJet.html > > > > > > > > > On 2 August 2013 16:14, Will Swain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. > > > > > > I'm assuming this is humour? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2 August 2013 15:53, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> So what, it has been a legit use of the animals for years. For > instance, > > >> in > > >> the recent royal wedding ferrets were used to run cable - it was a non > > >> destructive and non invasive way to run the telecom cables. A ferret > > named > > >> Felicia was used to clean the pipes at the National Accelerator > > Laboratory > > >> at Batavia in the 80's. Felicia went through a 300-foot-pipe dragging > a > > >> string. When she came out the other end, technicians tied a swab > dipped > > in > > >> a chemical cleanser to the string. They pulled the tight-fitting swab > > >> through and when it came out it was covered with dust and steel > specks. > > >> A ferret named Misty was used to help pull conduit at Peterson Air > Force > > >> Base. Additional wires had to be run through 40-foot-long narrow > pipes, > > >> called conduits, under the floor to connect computers. A piece of yarn > > was > > >> tied around the ferret's midsection. The animal crawled through the > > >> conduit, towing the yarn behind her. Then the loose end was tied > around > > >> the > > >> wires and they were pulled through the conduit. Misty made several > > trips, > > >> and her work was done in an hour. Similarly in Colorado Springs 5 > years > > >> ago > > >> ferrets were used to pull new data cables to the wire conduits at the > > >> NORAD > > >> headquarters in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs. In the1960's, > > >> Boeing > > >> Aircraft Corporation used ferrets to lay guidewires that pull heavier > > >> cables through conduits. > > >> > > >> So from knowing this it was most likely a legitimate article. > > >> > > >> Another example of dismissing evidence because of one's prejudices. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:28 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey < > > [email protected] > > >> >wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > >> > 7:00AM BST 01 Apr 2010 > > >> > > > >> > Until Later! > > >> > C. Hatton Humphrey > > >> > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > >> > > > >> > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to > do > > >> some > > >> > smelting to find it. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Larry C. Lyons < > > [email protected] > > >> > >wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > August 1. why? > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:18 AM, Will Swain <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Did you notice the date on the article? :) > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On 30 July 2013 18:24, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > Ferrets key to bridging the digital divide between cities and > > >> rural > > >> > > > areas - > > >> > > > > Telegraph > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7541455/Ferrets-key-to-bridging-the-digital-divide-between-cities-and-rural-areas.html > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366203 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
